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Acmon
There are several characters named Acmon or Akmon ( ) in Greek mythology: * Acmon, one of the mythical race of Dactyls. *Acmon, a Phrygian king who gave his name to the district known as Acmonia. * Acmon, a mischievous forest creature who lived in Thermopylae or on Euboea but roamed the world and might turn up anywhere mischief was afoot. * Acmon, a companion of Diomedes in Italy. He was turned into a bird. * Acmon, the Aenead, son of Clytius (son of Aeolus), a friend of Aeneas in Roman mythology. Together with his father, they followed Aeneas in his exile after the fall of Troy. * Acmon, in some sources the father of Uranus (the personification of the sky).
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There are several characters named Acmon or Akmon ( ) in Greek mythology: * Acmon, one of the mythical race of Dactyls. *Acmon, a Phrygian king who gave his name to the district known as Acmonia. * Acmon, a mischievous forest creature who lived in Thermopylae or on Euboea but roamed the world and might turn up anywhere mischief was afoot. * Acmon, a companion of Diomedes in Italy. He was turned into a bird. * Acmon, the Aenead, son of Clytius (son of Aeolus), a friend of Aeneas in Roman mythology. Together with his father, they followed Aeneas in his exile after the fall of Troy. * Acmon, in some sources the father of Uranus (the personification of the sky).
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